Research and analysis

NOIDs causative agents: week 25 (week ending 25 June 2023)

Updated 2 January 2024

Laboratories in England have a statutory duty to notify the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) of the identification of the following causative agents:

  • Bacillus anthracis
  • Bacillus cereus
  • Bordetella pertussis
  • Borrelia spp
  • Brucella spp
  • Burkholderia mallei
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei
  • Campylobacter spp
  • Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria
  • Chikungunya virus
  • Chlamydophila psittaci
  • Clostridium botulinum
  • Clostridium perfringens
  • Clostridium tetani
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  • Corynebacterium ulcerans
  • Coxiella burnetii
  • Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus
  • Cryptosporidium spp
  • Dengue virus
  • Ebola virus
  • Entamoeba histolytica
  • Escherichia coli O 157
  • Francisella tularensis
  • Giardia lamblia
  • Guanarito virus
  • Haemophilus influenzae (invasive)
  • Hanta virus
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis D
  • Hepatitis E
  • Influenza virus
  • Junin virus
  • Kyasanur Forest disease virus
  • Lassa virus
  • Legionella spp
  • Leptospira interrogans
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • Machupo virus
  • Marburg virus
  • Measles virus
  • Mpox (monkeypox) virus
  • Mumps virus
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
  • Neisseria meningitidis
  • Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus
  • Plasmodium falciparum
  • Plasmodium knowlesi
  • Plasmodium malariae
  • Plasmodium ovale
  • Plasmodium vivax
  • Polio virus
  • Rabies virus
  • Rickettsia spp
  • Rift Valley fever virus
  • Rubella virus
  • Sabia virus
  • Salmonella spp
  • SARS coronavirus
  • Shigella spp
  • Streptococcus group A (invasive)
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae (invasive)
  • Varicella zoster virus
  • Variola virus
  • Vibrio cholerae
  • West Nile virus
  • Yellow fever virus
  • Yersinia pestis

Statutory notifications of causative agents, grouped by root organism

Totals for the current week compared to the previous 5.

Week notification received 2023/20 2023/21 2023/22 2023/23 2023/24 2023/25
Arboviruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
West Nile virus - - 2 1 - -
Bacillus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Bacillus cereus 11 10 17 25 19 24
Bordetella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Bordetella pertussis 6 - 4 3 6 20
Borrelia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Borrelia burgdorferi 16 17 13 24 16 22
Borrelia sp 1 2 2 3 4 3
Borrelia tillae 1 3 - 1 - -
Brucella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Brucella melitensis 1 - - - - -
Brucella sp 1 - 1 - - -
Burkholderia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Burkholderia pseudomallei 1 - 1 - - -
Campylobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Campylobacter coli 21 23 27 41 39 57
Campylobacter curvus - - - 1 - -
Campylobacter fetus - - - - 1 1
Campylobacter jejuni 351 314 294 361 384 375
Campylobacter lari - 1 - - 1 -
Campylobacter other named 2 - 1 1 2 3
Campylobacter sp 1,161 1,048 960 1,360 1,422 1,357
Campylobacter upsaliensis 1 - 1 - 1 1
Campylobacter ureolyticus (bacteroides corrodens) 3 1 - - 3 1
Chikungunya virus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Chikungunya virus 2 - 1 - 1 1
Clostridium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Clostridium perfringens 33 49 27 35 27 30
Coronavirus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Coronavirus 28 35 24 23 25 19
Human coronavirus 229e 1 - - - - -
Human coronavirus hku1 1 1 - - 1 -
SARS coronavirus - - - 1 - -
SARS-CoV-2 antibody indeterminate 132 80 74 70 116 109
SARS-CoV-2 antibody void - 1 2 9 4 4
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (covid- 19) 6,823 5,889 4,704 4,299 3,216 2,471
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (covid- 19) indeterminate 78 68 71 48 96 28
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody negative 60 59 48 46 87 75
SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody positive 179 181 120 173 376 344
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody negative 79 79 38 62 58 40
SARS-CoV-2 total antibody positive 217 201 118 136 158 122
Corynebacterium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Corynebacterium diphtheriae 1 1 1 7 - 3
Corynebacterium ulcerans 1 - 1 - 2 -
Coxiella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Coxiella burnetii - - - 1 - -
Cryptosporidium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Cryptosporidium cuniculus 1 - - - - -
Cryptosporidium hominis 3 9 5 6 6 1
Cryptosporidium meleagridis 1 - - 1 1 -
Cryptosporidium parvum 80 64 46 45 37 19
Cryptosporidium sp 34 25 20 26 33 48
Cryptosporidium ubiquitum - - 1 - - -
Entamoeba Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Entamoeba histolytica 2 - 1 1 1 1
Escherichia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Escherichia coli O 157 8 21 17 15 11 14
Flaviviruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Dengue virus 6 8 4 4 2 1
Haemophilus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Haemophilus influenzae 65 69 74 64 60 59
Hepatitis viruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Hepatitis A 8 11 8 19 14 16
Hepatitis B 289 300 257 302 295 255
Hepatitis C 407 469 331 399 415 400
Hepatitis D 2 2 3 4 5 8
Hepatitis E 21 38 20 29 39 24
Influenza virus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Influenza A 36 31 49 34 48 57
Influenza B 71 53 25 32 26 25
Influenza indeterminate 7 14 1 5 - 1
Influenza ungrouped 3 - 1 2 3 2
Legionella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Legionella longbeachae - - - 1 - -
Legionella pneumophila 8 3 2 7 5 8
Legionella sp 1 3 1 4 4 1
Listeria Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Listeria monocytogenes 3 5 6 3 6 15
Mycobacterium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 96 112 104 102 96 85
Neisseria Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Neisseria meningitidis 19 18 8 15 25 18
Orthopoxvirus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Mpox virus 4 - 3 4 1 4
Paramyxoviruses Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Measles virus 8 6 2 5 2 6
Mumps virus 1 6 2 - 13 2
Plasmodium Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Plasmodium falciparum 1 5 2 - 18 1
Plasmodium ovale - 1 - - 1 -
Plasmodium vivax - 2 - - 1 -
Polyomavirus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Polyomavirus BK 54 28 34 38 38 86
Polyomavirus JC 9 11 8 12 12 13
Polyomavirus untyped - - - 1 - 2
Rickettsia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Rickettsia spotted fever - - - 2 - -
Rubella virus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Rubella virus 4 - 5 4 2 5
Salmonella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Other salmonellas 72 75 61 58 60 20
Salmonella agona - - - - 6 -
Salmonella chester - - - 5 - 5
Salmonella enteritidis 52 57 64 63 52 22
Salmonella infantis 7 - - - - -
Salmonella newport - 5 - - - -
Salmonella sp 16 10 13 17 101 139
Salmonella stanley 5 - 5 5 - -
Salmonella typhi and paratyphi 14 14 14 17 6 7
Salmonella typhimurium 27 29 35 29 17 14
Salmonella enterica 5 6 6 - - -
Shigella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Shigella boydii - 2 - 2 - -
Shigella dysenteriae 1 - 1 - 2 1
Shigella flexneri 20 12 17 13 16 6
Shigella sonnei 24 14 10 33 26 20
Shigella sp 49 40 43 42 70 53
Streptococcus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Streptococcus group A 65 99 67 92 81 88
Streptococcus pneumoniae 109 106 113 104 90 101
Vibrio Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Vibrio cholerae - 1 - 1 3 -

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)

For all Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms, the reports are de-duplicated by first mention of organism species and resistance mechanism by person in a rolling 52-week period.

Note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.

Week notification received 2023/20 2023/21 2023/22 2023/23 2023/24 2023/25
Citrobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Citrobacter spp KPC - 2 1 1 - -
Ìý NDM - 1 1 4 - -
Ìý OXA48 2 3 1 5 3 1
Ìý Other - - - 1 - -
Enterobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Enterobacter cloacae complex IMP - - 3 - - -
Ìý KPC 1 3 5 2 5 -
Ìý NDM 6 11 7 9 3 2
Ìý OXA48 1 5 1 - 3 -
Ìý Other 1 1 - 1 - 1
Other enterobacter spp IMP - - - 2 1 -
Ìý KPC 1 - - - - -
Ìý NDM - 1 - 1 - -
Ìý OXA48 - 1 - - - -
Ìý VIM - - - 1 - -
Escherichia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Escherichia coli IMP - - - - 3 -
Ìý KPC 5 3 3 5 6 6
Ìý NDM 10 14 9 11 8 7
Ìý OXA48 9 11 15 12 16 3
Ìý VIM - - - 1 1 -
Ìý Other 2 1 2 1 - -
Escherichia vulneris KPC 1 - - - - -
Klebsiella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Klebsiella aerogenes NDM - - 1 - - -
Ìý OXA48 - - 1 - - -
Ìý Other - - - - 1 -
Klebsiella oxytoca KPC 4 - 2 1 1 -
Ìý NDM - 1 1 - - -
Ìý OXA48 - 1 1 1 - -
Klebsiella pneumoniae IMP - - - 1 1 -
Ìý KPC 4 8 7 6 10 2
Ìý NDM 6 9 4 11 2 4
Ìý OXA48 7 8 7 14 3 3
Ìý VIM - - - 1 1 -
Ìý Other 1 1 - 1 1 -
Klebsiella variicola KPC - 1 - - - -
Other klebsiella spp KPC - 1 - - - -
Ìý OXA48 1 - - - - -
Ìý VIM - - - 1 - -
Morganella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Morganella morganii OXA48 - - - 1 - -
Proteus Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Proteus mirabilis NDM - - - 1 - -
Ìý OXA48 1 - - 1 - -
Other proteus spp KPC - - - - 1 -
Salmonella Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Salmonella kentucky OXA48 1 1 - - - -
Serratia Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Serratia marcescens/ureilytica NDM - - 1 - - -
Ìý OXA48 1 - - - - -

Other carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms

For all Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms, the reports are de-duplicated by first mention of organism species and resistance mechanism by person in a rolling 52-week period.

Note: the numbers presented here do not include specimens that have been referred to the AMRHAI Reference Unit.

Week notification received 2023/20 2023/21 2023/22 2023/23 2023/24 2023/25
Acinetobacter Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Acinetobacter baumannii NDM - - 1 - - -
Ìý Other - - 1 - - -
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii complex NDM - - 1 - - -
Ìý Other - - 1 - - -
Pseudomonas Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IMP 1 - - - - -
Ìý NDM 1 - - 1 - -
Ìý VIM 1 1 - - - -
Ìý Other 1 2 1 3 3 -
Other pseudomonas spp NDM - - 1 - - -
Other Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Ìý KPC - - 1 - - -
Ìý OXA48 1 - 1 - - -
Ìý Other - - - 1 - -